"Where did you bury him?" "I think it's better if you don't know. Don't worry, nobody will ever find him." Ian thinks he is going to spend a quiet weekend in his uncle's house by the sea - but a late-night encounter with two visitors leads to an unforgettably frightening holiday.... An old man reports a terrible crime, his own murder - before it happens! Inspector Baker has been promised promotion if he can find who stole William Cranberry's diamond necklace. Will he succeed? This collection of six original stories - all with a twist at the end.
Superior Rendezvous-Place: Fort William in the Canadian Fur Trade
Jean Morrison has written a fascinating and important book, full of drama and colourful historical figures. Rare paintings, drawings, maps and archival photographs complement her impeccable research and lively text. Superior Rendezvous-Place encompasses the French predecessors of Fort William, Native Peoples of the time and the evolution of the fur trade, with an emphasis on the North West Company era.
Essays on the Political History of the Fifteenth, Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
Table of Contents - Introduction. - Charles V. - Phillip II. and William the Silent. - Cardinal Richelieu. - The first English revolution. - William III.
The Railroad Tycoon Who Built Chicago: A Biography of William B. Ogden
William Butler Ogden was a pioneer railroad magnate, one of the earliest founders and developers of the city of Chicago, and an important influence on U.S. westward expansion. His career as a businessman stretched from the streets of Chicago to the wilds of the Wisconsin lumber forests, from the iron mines of Pennsylvania to the financial capitals in New York and beyond. Jack Harpster’s The Railroad Tycoon Who Built Chicago: A Biography of William B. Ogden is the first biography of one of the most notable figures in nineteenth-century America.
In Defence of Self - How the Immune System Really Works in Managing Health and Disease.By William R. Clark
We live in a sea of seething microbial predators, an infinity of invisible and invasive microorganisms capable of setting up shop inside us and sending us to an early grave. The only thing keeping them out? The immune system. William Clark's In Defense of Self offers a refreshingly accessible tour of the immune system, putting in layman's terms essential information that has been for too long the exclusive province of trained specialists. Clark explains how the immune system works by using powerful genetic, chemical, and cellular weapons to protect us from the vast majority of disease-causing microbes-bacteria, viruses, molds, and parasites.
